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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • 23414717886
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • danielkanayo2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daniel kanayo" <danielibe102@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: danielkanayo2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:59:20 +0000
Subject: FROM DESK OF DANIEL KANAYO

Inter Continental Bank plc
Balogun Business Association Branch
International Center for commerce
Lagos International Trade Fair Complex
Badagry Expressway Lagos.
Tel:234-1-4717886
PLEASE Reply To:danielkanayo2006@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN:Sir/Madam
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you before
but my
confidence was reposed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a
confidential business.I am the Branch manager of Inter Continental Bank plc
{ICBPLC}
International Trade Fair Complex Balogun. The intended business is
thus; We had a customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor
with
one of the Government Parastatals.He has in his Account in my branch the
sum of US 10.5 Million .Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until
today non-of his next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having
noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank
have
covered up the account all this while. Now we want you (being a
foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin to late egnr E. john and
forward your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us
to
attest to the Claim We will use our positions to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims .
The whole procedures will last only five working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even now or in future.Your
response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary
things.
As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating
your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure
that the deal is successfully concluded. For your assistance we have agreed
to give you (30%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction while 65%
would be for i and my colleagues and the remaining 5% would be for any
form of expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction
which would be given to us when the money is transferred into your account
before splitting the balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 30%. In
order
to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly send the following
information to us immediately.
Your full name Telephone,mobile and fax numbers as well as your
resident or company address for procedure.make sure you send the information
via

Email:danielkanayo2006@yahoo.co.uk

Await earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,
MR DANIEL KANAYO

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